Violent armed robbery spurs police call to avoid Kilgore apartments

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Kilgore — Two victims of an armed robbery near Kilgore College said Thursday they knew they had to fight their attackers if they were going to survive.

The incident occurred late Wednesday outside an apartment complex in the 700 block of Houston Street.

Christian Libebele and his friend, Lubin Koukpoliyi, said they were walking outside their apartment complex when Nickolas Rinche and Phue Thanh Nguyen, both 19, approached them with a .22-caliber rifle and demanded money.

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